Hop over to the Home Theater Forum for a chance to vote for what classic titles you’d like to see Fox release on Blu-ray.
Arranged by decade — the Thirties through the Sixties — you’ve got some good stuff to choose from. 50s Westerns are represented by Broken Lance (1954), The Tall Men (1955), The True Story Of Jesse James (1956) and The Bravados (1958). I’m sorry to say they’re all getting smoked by The Desk Set (1957). So get out and vote — you can vote in every decade every day — let’s give The Bravados a fighting chance.
Warlock(1959) should be there. There is a high-def master for it somewhere since it used to be shown on the HDNet Movies channel.
Anyway, I submitted it as a request.
Good of you to flag this up Toby. I voted earlier myself as it happens, and my choices were:
Jesse James
The Return of Frank James
The Bravados
North to Alaska
Mind you, I’m pretty sure this is just a market research exercise and that all the titles listed are pretty much good to go in the not too distant future.
I’m sure you’re right — this is a marketing/PR move. As one of those people myself, I can smell this stuff.
However, selfishly, I’d like to see my faves move to the front of their release calendar. Wonder if any of these might end up diverted to Twilight Time?
Nick Ray, CinemaScope and Blu-ray —it don’t get much better than that, does it?
I would hope this remains an in-house project with Fox – Twilight Time’s pricing structure isn’t attractive to me.
When it comes to DVDs, DVD-Rs and Blu-ray pricing, I’m waiting for Columbia to make their titles part of those Warner Archive promotions.
When that happens, my mailmain’s gonna hate me.
Call of The Wild
Ghost & Mrs Muir
Black Widow
Undefeated
I voted for “The Undefeated” with the probably futile wish that it would be more of a special edition with deleted scenes as an extra.
If the following appear on Blu-Ray I am going to have to invest in
a player.
GARDEN OF EVIL
THE LAST WAGON
Wishful thinking but I will not hold my breath
SIERRA BARON
Well, Twilight Time just offered a limited edition of a blu-ray of Fox’s Pony Soldier. Haven’t seen it, though. Any good?